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BTC579 QUARTETT

For string quartet
Subtitle: For string quartet
Other titles: String Quartet in F

Published title

Period of composition: 2 - 11 Apr 1928
First performance: 21 Nov 1995 >>
Type of performance: Radio broadcast
Location: BBC Radio 3
Performance details:

Sorrel Quartet

Genre: Chamber

Movements

  • [Allegro vivace e con brio] >>
    notes:

    Shares musical material with Allegro (pre Apr 1928).

  • Andante >>
    notes:

    A reworking of the second movement of Three poems (Nov-Dec 1927).

  • [Allegro vivace]
  • [Allegro molto]

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